back to top

Columnists

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in Gray’s Drug Store, Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia, a few miles from the U.S. Naval...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

BOB BROWN: The Truth About Lying

Everyone lies! That’s the truth. Most people are relatively honest most of the time. The average...

Recipe of the Week: Noah’s Winning Muffins

by Leigh Sackett Well Sunday was one of those perfect days. It was fairly warm and my son responds like a butterfly -  the...

A Character With Great Character

by Jon Kaufman As a child, while sweating it out in my dentist's waiting room, I would often read back issues of Reader's Digest...

Putting History in Perspective

by Hayden Hollingsworth It’s not every week that something as monumental as the changes in Egypt occur. It is too early to tell what...

Called to More by Pastor Joe Lehman

“Trample my courts no more!  Bring me no more worthless offerings!   Make justice your aim; redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea,...

The Very Miraculous Septic Tank Excavation

by John Robinson The old septic tank needed attention. The tank cleaner folks said that if we uncovered the access hole it would save...

The Haves and the Have Nots

by Hayden Hollingsworth The news has been full of the travails of Egypt and no one is sure how this is going to conclude. ...